webvisions: isite design and ccli on platformication
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George Ross, CIO at CCLI, and Kam Figy, Solution Architect at ISITE Design spoke at WebVisions 2012 in Portland, Oregon on the topic of “Platformification” and the SongSelect development experience.TRANSCRIPT
platformication
or how to institutionalize your project manager in 10 easy steps
who the heck are you guys?
George RossCTO - CCLI
Kam FigySenior Technical Architect - ISITE Design
why are we here?
APIMobile
Webone code base to rule them all
a little background
is it right for me?
the challenges
key factors for success
• Goals not schedules• Ninjas, not Zerg Rush• Assume that everything you thought you knew
is wrong• Quantitative trumps qualitative
1: break up with your old site
2: the hardest project pitch you will ever make
3: the wallow
4: deconstruction
5: simplicity lies on the other side of complexity
• The simplest experience for an end user may result in high technical complexity
• Develop UX with the whole team to set realistic shared expectations
• Create as little UX as possible because it adds user confusion and multiplies technical complexity
6: don’t fear the refactor
• Design major system components up front• Give things a proper place to live• If you get something wrong redo it right. Do
not cut corners.
7: API
8: mobile site
9: regroup and revaluate
10: the web project you dream about
• The backend is already built and tested• Implementation efforts are freed to focus on
making it great, not making it work• Open beta allowed for user feedback from the
most active users before launch
the result
• 9 API Partners• Growing mobile use• Refactor of mobile site underway to make way
for HTML5 music player• Drafting version 2 of the API
Questions?
• George Ross – [email protected]• Kam Figy – [email protected] @kamsar
Note: Kevin we are not taking questions from you.